Russia Deliberately Violates Ukrainian Sovereignty
By The Saker
In reality, this is clearly the logically, politically and morally right thing to do.
Understanding Ukraine in 15 Minutes
By Mike Whitney
For the past 20 years Americans have been grooming Ukraine Nazism aimed at Russia.
Are The US And Syria Now On The Same Side?
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Dr Bouthaina Shaaban, adviser to Syrian Presidency tells Channel 4 News that western reactions to Isis "are coming too little too late." "The whole world should be against Isis," she says.
Air Strikes? Talk of God?
Barack Obama is Following The jihadists' Script After James Foley Beheading
By Robert Fisk
The President came the nearest he has come yet to rivalling George W Bush's gormless reaction to 9/11.
Are We Not Savages Too?
The Beheading of James Foley
By Gary Leech
The lack of graphic video footage of the killing of innocent people by our bombs and missiles does not make these deaths any less brutal or horrific.
The Historical Perspective of the 2014 Gaza Massacre
By Ilan Pappé
A world that would stop employing double standards in its dealings with Israel is a world that could be far more effective in its response to war crimes elsewhere in the world.
Ferguson: No Justice in the American Police State
By Paul Craig Roberts
Today Americans have no more protection against state violence than Germans had under National Socialism.
Ferguson Reflections: Race, Class, and the Crisis of Democracy
By Paul Street
It is a mistake is to see the militarization of U.S. local policing as an almost unconscious and creeping development devoid of intentionality on the part of the U.S. power elite.
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Hard News
A least 68 killed in terror attack on Sunni mosque near Baghdad:
Militants targeted a Sunni mosque in a province next to the Iraqi capital during weekly prayers on Friday, killing at least 68 people and wounding over 50 as members of the Islamic State group continue to push through the area, officials said.
Iraq forces battle militants near Baghdad:
Iraqi government troops and Kurdish forces launched an operation on Friday aimed at retaking the Jalawla area of Diyala province, northeast of the capital, from militants who seized it on August 11, officers said.
Biden: US would help Iraq pursue federal system:
Vice President Joe Biden says the U.S. is prepared to help Iraq pursue a federal system that would decentralize power away from Baghdad.
70 IS jihadists killed in Syria clashes:
At least 70 Islamic State jihadist fighters have been killed in 48 hours of clashes with Syrian army troops in the northern province of Raqa, a monitoring group said on Friday.
Reports: Syrian troops in besieged northern air base kill dozens of jihadis:
Syrian troops killed dozens of jihadi fighters, including a prominent media activist, in heavy clashes on Thursday around a sprawling northern air base that the Islamic State group is trying to seize, activists and state media said.
US and UK should back Assad to defeat ISIS - senior UK MP:
It's unthinkable that a military operation in Iraq, spearheaded by America and its allies, can exist without some sort of "Syrian dimension," Rifkind said. "For Syria to become an ISIS safe haven - that is ludicrous," he continued.
US Spreads Propaganda of Fear -
Islamic State threat 'beyond anything we've seen': Pentagon: -
The sophistication, wealth and military might of Islamic State militants represent a major threat to the United States that may surpass that once posed by al Qaeda, U.S. military leaders said on Thursday.
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Senator Inhofe warns of potential terrorist attacks on U.S. soil:
"We're in the most dangerous position we've ever been in as a nation," Senator Inhofe told Fox 25's Phil Cross.
US Begins Selling "Syria Intervention" Using ISIS Pretext:
" The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria cannot be defeated unless the United States or its partners take on the Sunni militants in Syria", the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Thursday.
US 'Ready To Take Action Against IS In Syria':
The US has said it will not be restricted by the Iraq-Syria border as it considers further action against Islamic State militants.
James Foley's murder will see calls for military action - just what Isis wants: Analysis:
The 'war on terror' has made jihadism stronger than ever. The west must be careful not to fuel the fear upon which Isis thrives
Hamas executes 'collaborators', Israeli boy killed: -
Hamas executed 18 alleged collaborators in Gaza City on Friday as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed harsh retribution for the killing of a four-year-old boy by Palestinian mortar fire.
Ground Attack on Horizon with Orders to 10,000 IDF Reservists:
The Israeli Cabinet has approved the mobilization of 10,000 IDF reservists, following two days of a continuous barrage of rocket fire by Hamas, which broke the umpteenth cease-fire on Tuesday with a salvo of medium-range rockets on Be'er Sheva, followed by missiles on Tel Aviv.
US accuses Israel of targeting relatives of kidnapped and murdered Palestinian 16-year-old:
The United States on Wednesday charged Israel had targeted members of a Palestinian family whose teenaged son was kidnapped and killed in July along with two cousins, who are US citizens.
How the New York Times Twists Gaza:
Though it has faded somewhat from the headlines, Israel's war on Gaza is still going on, with a round of airstrikes that killed dozens this week. And how was this reported in the New York Times? As Hamas breaking a cease-fire agreement.
NDP MP quits party, citing Mulcair's stance on Israel:
A New Democrat MP has quit the caucus over what she felt was an excessively pro-Israel stance on the current conflict in Gaza and demeaning party demands to toe the line.
Houthis launch Friday protests as violence hits north Yemen:
As bloody clashes continue in Yemen's north, Houthi leader makes combative speech but protest remains calm
12 Taliban Insurgents Killed in Zabul Operation:
The operation was launched in Shar-e Safa district of the province to rid the area of insurgents, in which 12 Taliban insurgents were killed, said Zabul Police Chief, Ghulaam Sakhi Rogh Lewanai.
5 policemen, soldier killed in Afghanistan:
Taliban militants attacked a checkpoint in southern Afghanistan, killing five policemen, officials said yesterday.
12 Millitants Killed by Pak Forces in Balochistan:
Pakistan security forces today killed at least 12 suspected militants and seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition during a search operation in the troubled Balochistan province.
Woman killed as Morsi supporters clash with security in east Cairo:
A 44 year-old woman, Zeinab Mahmoud, died on Friday amid clashes between supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohamed Morsi and security forces in east Cairo`s Ain Shams district, Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported.
Libyan armed group posts video of stadium execution:
An armed group carried out a videotaped execution of an Egyptian man in a football stadium in Libya, in what Amnesty said Friday highlighted the country's descent into lawlessness.
Fresh fighting erupts near Tripoli's airport road:
The heavy gun battle involved members of the two warring militia groups from the cities of Misrata and Zintan, who have been fighting for control of the airport.
Ukraine: Rebels shoot down army chopper, 2 crew killed, :
Kiev said today that pro-Russian rebels shot down a Ukrainian air force helicopter near the eastern city of Lugansk this week, killing the two-member crew.
Ukraine : Lithuania envoy killed in Luhansk:
Lithuania's Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius tweeted with "deep sorrow" that "Mr Mykola Zelenec kidnapped & brutally killed by terrorists there".
US Army veteran, West Point grad killed fighting for Ukraine:
Mark Gregory Paslawsky, a 55-year-old investment banker who was born in New York but had lived in Kiev for several years, was fighting with the volunteer Donbas Battalion in the town of IIovaysk on Tuesday when he suffered mortal injuries
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Russian humanitarian convoy enters Ukraine en route to Lugansk:
Several dozen trucks in the Russian humanitarian convoy have crossed the Ukrainian border and started moving in the direction of Lugansk, after Moscow ordered the convoy to proceed, without waiting for further permission from Kiev.
Trucks with Russian aid reach Lugansk, E. Ukraine:
The Russian aid convoy on Friday finally reached Lugansk in eastern Ukraine, which has been devastated by repeated shelling. White Kamaz trucks delivered essentials such as food, water, medications, sleeping bags, and electric generators.
Deliberate delays in humanitarian aid delivery to south-east Ukraine intolerable - FM:
"We have a strong feeling that the current Ukrainian authorities are intentionally dragging the delivery of the humanitarian aid to create the situation, when there would be no one left to receive the assistance," the statement said.
Ukraine: Urgent need for aid in Lugansk: ICRC:
Staff from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) visited Lugansk yesterday to find water and electricity supplies cut off because of damage to essential infrastructure. People hardly leave their homes for fear of being caught in the middle of ongoing fighting, with intermittent shelling into residential areas placing civilians at risk.
Putin to Merkel: Further delays of aid delivery to Ukraine would have been unacceptable:
Merkel and Putin voiced "serious concern" over the escalation of Kiev's military operation in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, which is leading to new casualties among civilians, the press service said.
U.S. says Russia must pull convoy from Ukraine or face more sanctions:
The United States demanded Moscow remove an aid convoy it sent into rebel-held eastern Ukraine without permission on Friday, accusing Russia of a flagrant violation of the sovereignty of its former Soviet neighbour and threatening more sanctions.
Where is the evidence?
Russia Moves Artillery Units Into Ukraine, NATO Says:
The Russian military has moved artillery units manned by Russian personnel inside Ukrainian territory in recent days and was using them to fire at Ukrainian forces, NATO officials said on Friday.
Bank of America's $16 Billion Mortgage Settlement Less Painful Than It Looks:
Bank of America has agreed to a $16.65 billion deal with federal and state authorities. The actual financial burden for Bank of America, however, may not exceed $12 billion - certainly a large amount, but one significantly less than the number the government trumpets.
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